Improvement in hand-cultivators



UNITED,

JOSHUA PIERPONT AND SIDNEY s. TUTTLE, 0F B s N LD, AND CHARLES,

PATENT B. TOMPKI-NS, on L'Ewrs'ro ILLrNoIs, ASSIGNORS To PIERPONT AND TUTTLE.

IMPROVEMENT m HAND-CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 173,179, dated February 8,1 876;-application filed 4 November 4, 1875. e g r A To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known thatuwe, JOSHUA 'PIERPONT and SIDNEY S. TUTTLE, of Bushnell, MeDon-- ough county, State of Illinois, andz'OHARLEs B. TOMPKINS, of Lewis'ton, Fulton county, same State, have invented certain Improvements in Hand-Cultivators; and we do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will en-. able others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and-to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cultivators of that class known as handeultivators, and the invention consists in certain new and useful combination of .devices whereby such implements are rendered a more useful andconvenientto handle, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings is a side elevation of an implement embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 is alsoa side view, showing plows attached instead of cultivator teeth or shovels.

- Referring to the parts by letters, letter A.

represents the tongue or main bar;to which the other parts are attached.- B B are standards, having teeth or shovels b at their lower ends, and their upper ends slotted, (see b,)

7 through which slot b? a bolt, b, -passes,'and also through the, tongue A, and, in connection with clip-plates b fsecure the standards to the tongue. 0 O are standard-braces, their lower ends pivoted to the standards B, and

their upper ends having slots-c, through which bolts b pass, for securing them tothe tongue A. D represents a blade, something similar in shape to a turning-plow, and is carried at thelower end of a branched arm, 01, the upper or branched ends corresponding in dis-' tanee apart with the distance between the bolts b, and each arm slotted at its upper end similar to slotsb. in the standards B.

.The slots in the's'tandards -B, braces O,"and

arms B'all extend to the ends of their respective pieces, so that, by simply loosening the nuts on the bolts 11, the standards may be adjusted at different elevations on, and

angles to, the tongue, while the braces G ada V mit.of adjustment in the same manner,- and,

and vparallel with the draft-bar G is a handle projecting laterally fromthe tongue A on its-opposite side from'the handle F, and in therear of the draft-bar E. 1 The handle 'G is connected to the tongue Aby a yoke, g,

which passes aroundvthe tongue, and has its ends pivoted, by a bolt, to j the handle. Thepivoted end of the handlejG is formed eccentric to the pivot-boltg, so that it may be turned outward, as shown by full lines at Fig. 2, to secure it in working position, -or turned down, as shown by dotted lines at same figure, to release it for adjustment at any desired location on the tongue A, and between the draft-bar E and the forward end of s 1 the first standard-brace. v

In operation, the operator mayexert'great force or draft with comparative ease tohimself by placing the draft-bar E against his hip, and, by means of the handles F and G, be may readily and easily keep the machine inv proper working position, raising and lowering it, and controlling its lateral movements through diflicult places with facility and cor tainty. I I x Having thus described our invention, what we-claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-- 1. In a hand-cultivator, the combination of the pivoted and adjustable handle G with the tongue A and fixed handle F, substantially 'asand for the purpose specified.

2, In a hand-cultivator, the combination of the pivoted and adjustable handle G, fixed handle F, and draft-bar E, substantially as and 4 for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing 1 as our invention, we-have hereunto affixed our Witnesses for PIERPoN'r and TUTTLE:

J. M. WENDELKEN, W.J, PIERPONT.

Witnesses for CHAS. B. TOMPKINS E. T. CAMPBELL, F. M.-DYCKES. 

